“Seven o’clock,” Mrs. Allison reminded them again.
Thrilled by the invitation, Vevi and Connie ran back to the cottage to tell the other Brownies of the wonderful outing awaiting them.
“Why, that will make a very nice climax to our vacation,” Miss Gordon declared. “We’ll enjoy the boat ride in the morning. In the afternoon we’ll watch the turtle race. Sunday we’ll have an all-day exhibition of our shells at the ship cottage. Then Monday morning we start for home.”
“Don’t mention that part,” groaned Sunny. “We never want to leave Silver Beach.”
“Not without catching that thief who took your wrist watch,” added Jane. “Can’t we stay just a few days longer?”
“I’m afraid not,” Miss Gordon smiled. “All good things come to an end, you know. But let’s enjoy to the full these last few days.”
“I know one thing I’m going to do before we leave,” Vevi announced mysteriously. “What?” demanded Jane.
“I’m not telling,” Vevi laughed. “It has something to do with turtles though.”
Now the little girl had been very much interested in Captain Tarwell’s story of how huge sea turtles came up on the beach to lay their eggs. Before she left Silver Beach, she very much wanted to see one of the huge creatures. She had made up her mind that on Friday night, when the moon was full, she would slip out of the cottage and watch. But she did not tell anyone what she intended to do.
The next morning after breakfast while the other Brownies gathered shells, Vevi and Connie walked to the ship cottage to feed the pets.